100 days of practice (started 3/7/22, finished 6/14/22)
my next concert has some really hard music, plus we have solo and ensemble festival coming up soon and i just want to get in shape for music school next year in general, so i’m going to start the 100 days of practice challenge. 100 days from now gets me to...THE DAY BEFORE GRADUATION?!?! let’s do this :)
rules: oboe lessons count, after school rehearsals count if i didn’t have study hall that day to practice. i’m going to be travelling near the end of this and i won’t be able to bring my instrument, so i’m going to bring a reed and practice long tones, articulation, vibrato etc. on the reed and that will count for those days.
Day 1 (3/7/22): ✅ mostly solo and ensemble prep
Day 2 (3/8): ✅ mostly worked on concert music
Day 3 (3/9): ✅ had a lesson today, so just worked a bit on s&e stuff
Day 4 (3/10): ✅ had rehearsal today, but i did run through some s&e stuff
Day 5 (3/11) ✅ ran through s&e stuff and worked on some concert music
Day 6 (3/12) ✅ worked on concert music
Day 7 (3/13) ✅ worked on concert music
Day 8 (3/14) ✅ rehearsal (i successfully auditioned for a solo!) and worked on some concert music beforehand
Day 9 (3/15) ✅ worked on s&e stuff
Day 10 (3/16) ✅ briefly ran through part of a piece i’m working on for lessons and had rehearsal
Day 11 (3/17) ✅ worked on s&e stuff and concert music
Day 12 (3/18) ✅ ran through some concert stuff and worked on s&e stuff
Day 13 (3/19) ✅ had a band performance/clinic
Day 14 (3/20) ✅ mostly worked on lesson stuff and concert music
Day 15 (3/21) ✅ mostly worked on lesson stuff and concert music
Day 16 (3/22) ✅ very briefly ran through some concert stuff and a thing for my lesson.
Day 17 (3/23) ✅ worked on s&e stuff and concert stuff
Day 18 (3/24) ✅ worked on s&e stuff, lesson stuff, and concert stuff
Day 19 (3/25) ✅ officially at my longest practice streak (possibly ever, definitely for as long as i’ve been logging practice sessions), ran through concert and s&e stuff
Day 20 (3/26) ✅ worked on concert and lesson stuff and ran through s&e stuff
Day 21 (3/27) ✅ worked on concert stuff and lesson stuff. if I hadn’t told people I was doing this challenge, I would’ve quit today
Day 22 (3/28) ✅ rehearsal
Day 23 (3/29) ✅ ran through some concert stuff
Day 25 (3/31) ✅ long tones and scales
Day 27 (4/2) ✅ concert music and lesson music
Day 28 (4/3) ✅ duet rehearsal...very productive...lots of...dueting (but i did play oboe for long enough i’m counting this)
Day 29 (4/4) ✅ worked on s&e stuff
Day 30 (4/5) ✅ ran through lesson, s&e, and concert stuff
Day 32 (4/7) ✅ worked on lesson and concert stuff
Day 33 (4/8) ✅ worked on english horn solo
Day 34 (4/9) ✅ worked on lesson and concert stuff
Day 35 (4/10) ✅ ran thorugh s&e and concert stuff
Day 36 (4/11) ✅ worked on s&e and concert stuff
Day 37 (4/12) ✅ worked on concert stuff
Day 38 (4/13) ✅ worked on concert and s&e stuff
Day 39 (4/14) ✅ worked on concert and s&e stuff
Day 40 (4/15) ✅ ran through concert and s&e stuff
Day 41 (4/16) ✅ worked on concert stuff
Day 42 (4/17) ✅ worked on concert stuff
Day 43 (4/18) ✅ duet rehearsal and concert rehearsal
Day 44 (4/19) ✅ worked on concert and lesson stuff
Day 46 (4/21) ✅ worked on concert and s&e stuff
Day 47 (4/22) ✅ worked on concert stuff
Day 48 (4/23) ✅ worked on scales
Day 49 (4/24) ✅ worked on concert stuff
Day 50 (4/25) ✅ rehearsal
Day 51 (4/26) ✅ small ensemble rehearsal (we’re playing a piece i wrote!)
Day 53 (4/28) ✅ worked on s&e stuff
Day 54 (4/29) ✅ worked on s&e stuff
Day 55 (4/30) ✅ duet rehearsal and worked on s&e stuff
Day 56 (5/1) ✅ worked on concert and s&e stuff
Day 57 (5/2) ✅ small ensemble rehearsal and concert rehearsal
Day 58 (5/3) ✅ worked on concert and s&e stuff
Day 59 (5/4) ✅ worked on s&e stuff
Day 60 (5/5) ✅ s&e rehearsal with accompanist
Day 61 (5/6) ✅ worked on concert music
Day 62 (5/7) ✅ solo and ensemble festival
Day 63 (5/8) ✅ worked on concert music
Day 65 (5/10) ✅ worked on concert music
Day 67 (5/12) ✅ concert (1/4)
Day 68 (5/13) ✅ sightreading practice while helping with middle school
Day 69 (5/14) ✅ rehearsal
Day 70 (5/15) ✅ concert (2/4, but it’s the big one, and i’m so happy with how my colleagues and i did. i had a really huge solo and i could not have played it as well as i did at the beginning of this practice challenge)
Day 71 (5/16) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 72 (5/17) ✅ concert (3/4)
Day 74 (5/19) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 75 (5/20) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 76 (5/21) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 77 (5/22) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 78 (5/23) ✅ worked on scales
Day 80 (5/25) ✅ concert (4/4)
Day 81 (5/26) ✅ scales (also a math final lol)
Day 84 (5/29) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 85 (5/30) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 92 (6/6) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 94 (6/8) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 97 (6/11) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 98 (6/12) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 99 (6/13) ✅ worked on lesson music
Day 100 (6/14) ✅ worked on lesson music
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